Chapter 3: The Jewel and The Jerk
Yanagi was just about to touch the bottle when she heard a scream resonate within her mind. It was the voice of a woman giving out a battlecry. Yanagi stopped as she finally felt the battle being waged within the bottle. She snatched her hand away, shaking as she stepped away from the dresser and sat on the bed.
"What the hell was that? What is something like that doing in a place like this?" Yanagi sighed, trying to puzzle through what had just happened. She felt she had just been tested by something.
"Yanagi! I brought up something for us to munch on too." Kagome said as she came through her door.
"Oh, ah thank you." Yanagi blushed. "I hope you don't mind me sitting here. I should have asked where you wanted me to sit."
"Oh no, where you are is fine."
Yanagi stiffened slightly. "That's a demonic presence."
Yanagi looked at Kagome, whose back was turned, and wondered if the girl had an inkling of what was outside.
"Then again," Yanagi thought, "it could be someone here for me... I've made enough enemies. Damn... I'll need to find out."
"Hey Kagome, go ahead and look over these notes. I'm going outside to call a friend of mine." Yanagi said as she headed toward the door.
"Everything okay?" Kagome asked looking worried.
"Oh, everything's fine. I just forgot that if promised to call him."
As Yanagi headed down the stairs she looked for Kagome's family members. She passed the living room and caught a glance at three people sitting on the couch watching TV. Yanagi crept out of the house and into the area in between the three buildings.
Yanagi could feel the demonic presence building and it seemed to be coming from the old week house. "Here it comes." She whispered to herself. She treasured a blast of spiritual energy at her fingertips. Then suddenly the demonic presence fizzled out. "What the hell?"
Yanagi reached with her senses to find that there was still a demonic presence, but not the same energy that had been building before. Yanagi kept the blast playing between her fingertips as she waited to see what would emerge. "Is this some sort of portal connected to Makai? If so I need to let Koenma know."
Yanagi slipped into shadows as she saw a figure appear within the well house door. She barely contained her gasp as she saw a make about her height come into the light of day. He had silver dog ears that sat atop wild silver hair. Yanagi blinked as the sun caught his eyes and she saw the gold color revealed to her. "What the fuck?"
The young man sniffed the air and growled in her direction. "Come out. I can smell you." He readied his claws.
Yanagi stepped into the courtyard and stood leisurely observing the young man. "I don't think you should be here." She tried to reply casually, but his coloring and appearance unnerved her. "He looks like a younger version of the fox... If the fox never washed his hair nor gave a shit about his appearance..."
"Keh... You're the one shouldn't be here wench." The man crossed his arms. "I got business with Kagome, so you can be on your way."
Yanagi blinked and then burst out laughing. "Wench?! Who the hell says that anymore? Oh, that's cute." Yanagi wiped tears from her eyes.
"But really now, what business does a half demon have with her." Yanagi said as she held her hand up, showing the small ball of spiritual energy she flipped through her fingers like a coin.
"None of your fucking business bitch. And if you won't move, I'll make you." Inuyasha made as if he was going to attack her. He wasn't really going to, he was only trying to scare her. If only he'd known what was about to happen as he charged her, his claws raised as if to strike.
It happened so fast his mind didn't get a chance to register that the girl was attacking back. Inuyasha tried to shout but his breath had already left him. Whatever she had done to him, sent him flying back onto the ground a few feet away. Inuyasha shook his head a couple of times, blinking out the dirt. He gasped as he saw the girl standing over him, her eyes emotionless as she held a larger energy ball in her hand.
"You've got one more chance, and then I'll disintegrate you."
"Yanagi?" She heard behind her.
Yanagi looked back startle at Kagome's presence. "Kagome, get back in the house. This man is dangerous." She ordered.
"Man?" Kagome looked confused until she realized whom Yanagi was standing over. "Inuyasha? What are you doing here?" She shouted, frustrated.
"I came to get you wench." Inuyasha snapped. He gulped as Yanagi lowered her hand, palm down with the energy hovering close to it, to his head.
"Yanagi. He's an idiot but let him go." Kagome gave an exasperated sigh. "You're early Inuyasha."
Yanagi blinked and looked from Kagome to the boy she'd called Inuyasha. Yanagi arched an eyebrow. "You sure? He did call you wench... And me too but added a 'bitch' to me."
Kagome's eye alighted with angry as she narrowed her gaze onto Inuyasha. She went over to Yanagi and pulled her away from Inuyasha.
"Kagome! Don't you do..." Inuyasha started.
"SIT!" Kagome rang out.
Yanagi watched fascinated as the beads around Inuyasha's neck glowed and pulled his body to turned over and slammed into the ground. "That's interesting." Yanagi mused as she grinned and looked at Kagome.
"Let's go inside Yanagi. I'm sure you have questions, and I have some for you too." Kagome said as she opened the door to her home.
"Uh... What about him?" Yanagi said thumbing back at the incapacitated Inuyasha.
"He'll be in shortly." Kagome sighed.
